Elaphoglossum herminieri (Bory & Fée) T.Moore
Descripción
Rhizomes short-creeping, to ca. 8 mm diam.; rhizome scales linear, concolorous bright orange, lax, 15–30 mm, entire or rarely with irregular teeth; fronds approximate, to 200 X 4 cm, usually pendent; phyllopodia absent; stipes essentially absent (0–2 cm); blades linear-elliptic, apices acuminate, bases narrowly cuneate, coriaceous; veins obscure, free, simple or once-forked, ca. 1 mm apart, running at ca. 70° to costa; hydathodes absent; adaxial surfaces essentially glabrous; abaxial surfaces sparsely clothed with minute, dissected, orange scales, to nearly glabrous; fertile fronds rare, lanceolate, 10–25 cm, only 1⁄5–1⁄3 the sterile frond length, glabrous, stipes 1⁄5–1⁄4 the frond length; 2n=216 (Trin).A
Forma de vida
EpífitaA
Ejemplar revisado
Chis (Castillo C. et al. 3949, XAL).A
Elevación
0 – 600 mA
Tipo de vegetación
Selva altaA
Categoría IUCN
No incluidaB
Categoría NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010
No incluidaC
Discusión taxonómica
Elaphoglossum herminieri probably has the longest fronds of any Elaphoglossum, reaching 2 m in length. It is one of the few species found at low elevations. The bluish green cast to the leathery fronds and the long, slender, orange rhizome scales are distinctive.A